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Vision for FutureI would also like to see the Unitarian Universalist Association take alarger part in public school reformation as both an expression of our justiceseeking and an extension of our religious education. Horace Mann(Unitarian) started what became the public schools. It’s time we took themback and restored them to his great vision within our modern context.I envision congregations running candidates for school boards andgetting involved in their local teachers associations. Many congregations arealready involved in tutoring programs within schools or out of their ownchurch buildings. I would like the UUA to develop resources to helpprograms expand and flourish. I see spiritual retreats and conferences forUnitarian Universalist public school teachers. I see a Blessing of theEducators ritual that becomes an annual ceremony. Can you imagine theimpact if 50% of our congregations gave scholarships to students orclassrooms for field trips, camps, sports, or other experiential resources? Orsponsored an after school club? Or showed up at board meetings andvolunteered for task forces? Or became a sanctuary community to fosterfamilies?This is a natural area for us. We are a denomination of people whohighly value education and we have abundance to share joyfully with theworld. Can you imagine if literacy became an Associational focus? Or if ourAssociation-wide mission was to address poverty, domestic violence, hungerand homelessness in the context of learning readiness? That all may haveaccess to education and their hidden, emerging wholeness!24
Whatever my individual professional path may be, I know I willcontinue to build the Sesame Street ideal of my childhood throughrelationship and reverence. Everything I do is religious education. All Iteach is Unitarian Universalism. The world is my classroom.25
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